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I’m Liking Tekken Tag Tournament 2‘s Old-Favorite Feel and Neat New Tricks

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 feels a bit like a best-of album. Almost everything likeable about Namco’s fighting game franchise is on prominent display in the sequel. Dancing pandas, overdone intra-family fisticuffs and deep, varied movesets all unfold beautifully animated backdrops. There’s a huge cast of playable characters, too—with cult favorites returning and new warriors debuting…

Diablo III Adds 100 Levels In New ‘Paragon’ System

Diablo III‘s endgame is about to change in a big way: characters in Blizzard’s action-RPG will soon be able to gain 100 more levels. The next Diablo III patch will implement what’s called the “Paragon” system, a mechanic that will reward players with stat bonuses and extra Magic Find, a stat that makes enemies drop…

Tokyo Jungle, One Of Japan’s Weirdest Games, Is Coming To North America September 25

This bizarre PS3 game will be out on September 25 for $15, Sony said today Here’s the concept: there are no humans left in Tokyo, just animals. You get to play as them. You have to survive. The game comes packaged with stealth, hunting, and, of course, pomeranians. Sony’s description: Tokyo Jungle puts you in…

Here We Go, an App of the Day Made of Felt

I don’t think I’ve ever played an app made from felt. Have I? Hrm, nope! But that’s exactly what Brownie: Spirt of the Woods is—an iOS game made from felt. In this motion controlled game, you are a bear, a felt bear, riding a broomstick. A storm is coming, and you must fly into the…

The Guy Who Made Planescape: Torment Tells Us What A Spiritual Successor Would Look Like

Perhaps you remember Planescape: Torment, a wonderful role-playing game that set a new bar for video game narrative when it was released back in the late 90s. Even today, very few games weave stories as intricate and fascinating as Black Isle’s masterpiece. So when I read designer Chris Avellone say he was “very tempted” to…

Hey Sexy Lady, Gundam Style!

After PSY’s dance ditto “Gangnam Style” went viral, the juggernaut video spawned a slew of parodies, including a stop motion Gundam Style send up. This latest “Gundam Style” isn’t stop motion, but it sure ups the ante, complete with RX-78 Gundam and endless Zaku II helmets. PSY is experiencing one of the biggest crossovers for…

Here’s Proof That Grand Theft Auto V Has Planes, Bikes, And Cars

Here are new screenshots from Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V, the hotly anticipated open-world game that still has no release date or even platform info. In a stunning move for the series, it appears that you will be able to drive vehicles this time. Transport [Rockstar] Click here to visit our Grand Theft Auto V…

Plants Vs. Zombies Sequel Coming Next Spring

The dead will rise and the vines will writhe come spring 2013, when Popcap Games finally gets around to releasing a sequel to the popular lawn defense game Plants. Vs. Zombies. It’s about damn time. Other than the fact that the sequel will bring new features, situations and settings to the missions of champions of…

Report: More Dragon Age III Info, Possible Names, and Concept Art Leak [Update]

Several gamers on BioWare’s social forum are reporting that they recently took a survey for Dragon Age III. Above is the game’s rumored logo supposedly revealed by a BioWare character artist’s Linked In page. So, what about possible names? According to the rumored survey, those taking the survey were supposed to select their favorite title…

Diablo III Interview Leads to Unexpected Facebook Bitching

What should have been a harmless little interview with a video games website has turned into something of an internet Diablo soap opera after David Brevik, the co-founder of Blizzard North and one of the key men involved with the creation of Diablo, said some unkind things about Diablo III. After claiming that Diablo III…

Minecraft Timelapse Reveals Slow-Motion Destruction

Reader Dino Rhymestyle put this lovely video together the other day, using the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft, some capture gear and the relentless passage of time. Setting up a lava drip, he captures the slow, inevitable destruction of a house and surrounding countryside. It’s beautiful. Partly because the game’s music suits scenes like this…

According to a LinkedIn resume, Black Ops II will also be headed to the Wii U

A Game About Debating is Way More Fun Than it Sounds

A Game By Its Cover is one of the coolest independent game jams going around. It tasks entrants with picking an existing piece of fake video game art – often a cartridge from Meteor’s awesome Famicase exhibition – and making an actual game out of it. This year’s edition kicked off in June and closed…

Vancouver, once a boom town for video game development, could soon become a ghost town instead

Based on the font (among other hints), this countdown looks like a new The World Ends With You teaser.

Sleeping Dogs is Actually Shenmue 3, Only With More Punching

Since the chances of us seeing another proper Shenmue game are approximately 3720 to 1, DSimphonyHD figured the next best thing would be to try and recreate Yu Suzuki’s Dreamcast adventure in Sleeping Dogs. It works. It works brilliantly [thanks Nicholas!]

Why Be a Tower Defender, When You Can Be a Tower Attacker?

Last year’s Anomaly Warzone Earth flipped the tower defence genre on its head, putting you in the shoes of the guys trying to get past the powers, instead of the guys building them. It was, to keep things brief, brilliant It’s now got a sequel. Anomaly Korea does the usual sequel thing: there’s new units,…

Commander Shepard Takes Up Space Graffiti, Quickly Excels

Bored with saving the galaxy, and in particular all that mining (couldn’t someone else be doing that?), Commander Shepard has taken to killing some time deploying probes. Creatively. Human Spectre [Tumblr]

OnLive Is Still Called OnLive, Says Nothing Is Changing

Ever since Friday—when reports started surfacing that cloud gaming pioneer OnLive was shutting down and ceasing to exist—speculation has mounted over who, if anyone, had purchased the remains of the company. But OnLive—which isn’t changing its name—has just issued a statement announcing its new status and that offers details on the business dealings of the…

Two Mirandas, Catwoman and a Black Widow Walk Into a Bar…

And…look, I’d finish that with a punchline, but I’ve been distracted by somebody cosplaying the lights out as Zelda’s washed-up sailor, Linebeck. Those mentioned and more are the stars of this latest instalment of Fancy Pants, our regular look back at the best of the past week in cosplay. Fancy Pants is a look at…